How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[Risso]

Was absolutely fuming.  Arrived at New Street Station and was told by a distressed looking family that it had been Postponed. Many had travelled from all over the country and  even the world for this match and to call it off at such short notice was an absolute disgrace.

My Hangover is even worse now with the extra 90 minutes of Drinking too.

Hopefully the Chelsea game is Called Off tomorrow as with the alarming rate of cases it just isn't safe

Such a shame, couldn't have happened to a nicer poster.  Those bastards at Villa protecting themselves and thousands of people from what many people have died from.  The fuckers.

It was nothing whatsoever to do with saving thousands of people. We just had too many players who had tested positive. Had we not, the game would have been on.

[wittonwarrior]

Its a mixture of poor communication and protocols that has caused this frustration.  Funny how all the televised games were left to go ahead

[Steve67]

Was absolutely fuming.  Arrived at New Street Station and was told by a distressed looking family that it had been Postponed. Many had travelled from all over the country and  even the world for this match and to call it off at such short notice was an absolute disgrace.

My Hangover is even worse now with the extra 90 minutes of Drinking too.

Hopefully the Chelsea game is Called Off tomorrow as with the alarming rate of cases it just isn't safe

Such a shame, couldn't have happened to a nicer poster.  Those bastards at Villa protecting themselves and thousands of people from what many people have died from.  The fuckers.

It was nothing whatsoever to do with saving thousands of people. We just had too many players who had tested positive. Had we not, the game would have been on.

The whole point is about it not spreading. Do keep up.

[ChicagoLion]

Was absolutely fuming.  Arrived at New Street Station and was told by a distressed looking family that it had been Postponed. Many had travelled from all over the country and  even the world for this match and to call it off at such short notice was an absolute disgrace.

My Hangover is even worse now with the extra 90 minutes of Drinking too.

Hopefully the Chelsea game is Called Off tomorrow as with the alarming rate of cases it just isn't safe

Such a shame, couldn't have happened to a nicer poster.  Those bastards at Villa protecting themselves and thousands of people from what many people have died from.  The fuckers.

It was nothing whatsoever to do with saving thousands of people. We just had too many players who had tested positive. Had we not, the game would have been on.

The whole point is about it not spreading. Do keep up.

genius

[Risso]

The whole point is about it not spreading. Do keep up.

Well, this is awkward.

[adrenachrome]

The whole point is about it not spreading. Do keep up.

Well, this is awkward.

Awkward it may well be, but can you keep it up?

Was watching Milan v Napoli on a tablet with the sound off while viewing a Korean show on the TV. Half time and there was an advert for NuMann or some such.

Dear NuMann
I have arthritis of the proboscis. Will your potion be efficacious in restoring my member to its tumescence?

Twitter jail plus insulting reply from NuMann. Where will this all end?

[purpletrousers]

They are using PCR tests and a 24 hour turnaround is ridiculous.
I got my result quicker through the NHS testing centre. There are private Labs offering 4 hour turnaround.

Totally agreed. 3hr tests are common I popped across to Stanstead Airport a couple of weeks ago at the start of our 72hrs pre-flight that didn’t obviously didn’t happen as I tested +ve (double & booster Pfizered).

I’m amazed given there were even special testing machines commissioned for clubs etc (I thought)

[Martyn Smith]

He's changed his tune quickly

i 18-19 Dec

[sid1964]

So disappointed that the game on Saturday was called off, especially as I had parked near to the ground when the postponement was announced on the radio.

The people in the car parked behind me had travelled from London to see the game! - they were really pissed off.

Still at least I was home by quickly!!

I am sure the game will be re-arranged for an FA Cup weekend in either February or March

[N'ZMAV]

Worries me, and is probably a decent representation of society, that so many on here don’t know how these tests work. Not surprised this virus is still ripping the shit out of things.

[ChicagoLion]

Worries me, and is probably a decent representation of society, that so many on here don’t know how these tests work. Not surprised this virus is still ripping the shit out of things.

and the Vaccines don’t stop infections cohort.

[sid1964]

Lets hope that the remainder of the season is played behind closed doors and we can watch the games at home on the television and it will save me time and money travelling to the games, and I will get a refund on my season ticket.

My wife recently had the COVid - she was poorly but thankfully had the jabs so it was like a bad flu, despite living in the same house I did not get the COVid - very strange, maybe I am immune to the virus?

[Demitri_C]

Lets hope that the remainder of the season is played behind closed doors and we can watch the games at home on the television and it will save me time and money travelling to the games, and I will get a refund on my season ticket.

My wife recently had the COVid - she was poorly but thankfully had the jabs so it was like a bad flu, despite living in the same house I did not get the COVid - very strange, maybe I am immune to the virus?

And then what happens next winter, the next greek letter variant comes we all stay home, stop our lives again?

This isnt ending if we carry on this like we need to learn to live with it or we might as well stop living.  Just do all the saftey protocols they are suggesting masks in busy places, isolating if infecting etc. Thats all we can do.

Glad to hear your wifes ok.

[sickbeggar]

The Club has a responsibility to the fans as well as the PL. If you have system where its possible for a game to be called off at that late point then you tell people that is the case. I didn't see anyone on here waiting for the 1pm heads-up from the club because no-one knew that was the case. I presume most people like me assumed by 12pm it was definitely going ahead.

Yeah I just assume they'd do the tests at 8am-9am and get things back by 10am at latest.

Seems results were in at 11am (which would've been enough notice for locals and even Burnley fans) but for some reason premier league didn't decide until half 12 which is pretty poor.

Surely all teams should be staying at hotels the night before games now so it's quicker to do tests when they wake up rather than waiting for them to come into the training ground at whatever time on the Saturday morning?

Yeah its the communication aspect of it that's really fell down. I woke up on Saturday morning half expecting it to be called off and judging from the pre-match threads others travelling distances were having the same thoughts. By 12pm most people thought it was on. Fans, both ours and Burnley's realise it's difficult times and will make allowances, so the club and PL telling us there's an actual decision to be made would have helped. People would leave as late as possible for starters. We all have car radio's/phones so if you are expecting a decision its the difference between getting half way down the motorway and turning round or pulling into Villa Park and then finding out.

[SoccerHQ]

So disappointed that the game on Saturday was called off, especially as I had parked near to the ground when the postponement was announced on the radio.

The people in the car parked behind me had travelled from London to see the game! - they were really pissed off.

Still at least I was home by quickly!!

I am sure the game will be re-arranged for an FA Cup weekend in either February or March

4th round weekend is a stick on if it goes wrong at Old Trafford. No idea who Burnley have got but their cup record is pretty woeful under Dyche so deep in a relegation battle they won't last long in FA cup either.